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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N O. 622,735, dated April11, l 899.

4 Application filed September Si 1898. Serial No. 690.207. (No model.)

more especially' to certain improvements in that class of far1n-gateswhich are provided with means whereby they may be opened or closed byequestrians or persons in vehicles without dismonnting or leaving thevehicle. The object ot my invention is to simplify and improve theconstruction of such gates, while rendering their operation easy andincreasing their effectiveness and durability.

lVith this object in View my invention consists in an improved tiltinggate and means for operating it, the construction, arrangement, andcombination of the various parts thereof being hereinafter fullydescribed and the particular points of novelty being specif# ically setforth in the appended claims.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention mostnearly appertains to make and useV the same, I will now proceed todescribe its construct-ion and operation, having reference to theaccompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view illustrating a gate and opening and closing mechanismconstructed in accordance with my invention, the gate being closed. Fig.2 is a similar view showing the gate open. Y

Like numerals of reference mark the same parts in both figures of thedrawings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1

, and 2 indicate the fence-posts at each side of the gate-opeuing- Bothof these would usually be the gateposts; but in this instance only oneot' them, that marked 2, is utilized for that purpose, it being thelatch-post.

My improved gate consists of two frames, such as are usually used ingates, secured to a gate-stile 3. These tram es diverge laterally fromthe gate-stile, each frame consisting of top bars e and bottom bars 5,the top and bottom bars of each frame being united at their rear orhinge ends by stiles 6 and 7, said stiles being united at the top by across-bar 8, the whole structure forming a topand bot tom frame of theshape of an isosceles triangle, the object in spreading the gate intothis form being to provide, first, for an extended base upon which thegate will safely stand when open, and a lengthened pintle upon which thegate is hinged to prevent wabbling gate with the rear stiles to thejunction of the front stile 3 tothe upper edge of the gate, the rearstiles being braced by wires 12"L and 13.

14 and 15 indicate short posts driven or otherwise secured in the groundoutside of the lower ends of the rear stiles 6 and 7. A pintle 16extends through these short posts and through the lower ends of the rearstiles 6 and '7, by means of which the gate is hinged at its rear lowercorner.

17 indicates a rope or cable secured to the top of the front stile ofthe gate and passed upward and rearward in line with the center of thegate over a pulley 18, from whence it hangs down 'and is provided withweights 19, 20, 2l, 22, and 23 of any desired number, secured atsuitable distances apart. Pulley 18 depends from a horizontal arm 24,secured upon the upper end of a post 25 and stiiened by a'brace 26. v

27 indicates a catch secured upon the inner face of the post 2, saidcatch being constructed with its inclined face upward tok cooperate witha latch 28 in the form of an elbow-lever, pivoted to a bar 29, securedto the front stile 3 of the gate, the horizontal arm of which projectsthrough a slot in the stile, so as to cooperate with the catch 27. Aspring 30 is secured at its forward end to the upper end of the verticalarm of the latch 2S and at its rear end to a rod 81,-secured in thebraces 11 and 12, the normal tendency of this spring being to throw thelower end of the latch ontward into position to engage with the catchIOO a weight 37 on its extreme end to rest upon the ground when the gateis closed, as shown in Fig. 1. A handle 3S is secured to this rope at aproper height to be easily available by persons riding or driving whomay desire to open or close the gate. The other branch 39 of the rope orcable 32 passes over pulleys 40 and-41, the former being secured underthe cross-bar 35 and the latter to apost 42, planted alongside of theroad at the same distance from the gate in one direction as the post 43,which supports the pulley 36, is -in the opposite direction. This branchrope 39'-is provided with a weight 44 and handle 45, located similarlyto the weight 37 and handle 3S of the branch rope 33 and for the samepurpose. The rope 32 passes between two pulleys 4G and 47, journaled onone side of the front stile 3 of the gate, which pulleys come alterfnately into use during the opening or the closin raising the gate.

ing operation of lthe gate, as will be hereinafter described.

The construction of my invention will be readily understood from theforegoing, and its operation may be described as follows: 'When a personapproaching the gate desires to open it, either of the handles-say 3S-isgrasped and quickly pulled downward. The Iirst effect of this pull willbe to release the latch and the further effect will be to tilt the gateupon its pivot 16, the'operationbeing assisted by the weights 19, 20,21, 22, and 23. The greatest weight to be raised is at the beginning ofthe opening movement. At this time all of the weights on the rope orcable 17 are raised above the ground and all act to assist As the gatetilts backward and gradually approaches the point of equilibrium, theweights are gradually deposited upon the ground until when the gatereaches. its open position, as in Fig. 2, only one of them will be abovethe ground, which will be sufficient to keep the rope or cable 17 taut.The gate in the meantime, after passing the point of equilibrium, hasdropped of its own weight to the open position shown in Fig. 2, restingupon its extended base, and the weights 37 and 44 have been raised offvthe ground, so that their weight will assist in the operation of closingthe gate. Having passed through the gate, the person grasps the handle45 and drawsit quickly downward. This will be sufficient to tilt thegate upon its pivot to a point beyond that of equilibrium, when the gatewill fall into its weights 19 to 23 being again raised to the positionshownin Fig. 1, ready to assist in the next operation of opening thegate.

Spring-buffers 48 and 49 are provided on the rear sides of the rearstiles 6 and 7, which buffers when the gate falls into its open positionengage blocks 50 and 51, planted in the ground, upon which they supportthe gate in its Vertical position, as shown in Fig. 2. A similar buffer52 strikes and rests upon a block 53, planted in the ground in front ofthe post 2, when the gate drops to its closed position.

The advantages attending the use of my inven tion arenumerous and willbe obvious from the foregoing description of its construction andoperation. of a cage braced in every direction, mounted upon a longpivot or pintle, so that its motion will be true in a plane passingthrough the center of its-pivot and through the latch and there will beno danger whatever of the gate wabbling or sagging. Vhen open, the gaterests upon an extended base, so that there is no danger whatever of itsbeing blown over or accidentally thrown into the way of persons oranimals passing through it.

Having thus fully described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. Av gate composed of triangular top and bottom frames the apices ofwhich are outward and the bases inward, a front stile con-- necting theapices of the triangular frames, and rear stiles connecting the ends ofthe bases of said frames, substantially as described.

2. A gate composed of triangular top and bottom frames the apices ofwhich are outward and the bases inward, a front stile connecting theapices of the triangular frames, rear stiles connecting the ends of thebases of said frame, in combination with short posts secured in theground outside of the rear stile, and in line therewith, and an extendedpivot or pintle passing through and journaled in said short posts andstiles, substantially as described.

3. The combination with the gate triangular-shaped horizontally, andpivoted at its rear lower corner, two blocks secured in the ground inthe rear of the gate, two springbuffers secured on the rear sides of therear stiles of the gate adapted to engage said blocks when the gate isopen, a gate-post, a block planted in the ground in front of saidgatepost, and a spring-buffer secured to the under side of the gate andadapted to engage said block when the gate is closed, substantially asdescribed.

SILAs D. MONROE, EMLIE B. CRAIG.

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